"I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now."

-- Michael Phelps

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“My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt (1975). “Art-as-art: the selected writings of Ad Reinhardt”, Viking Adult
“Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life.”
“Certain roles, I just won't invest in. I'll go in and audition, but I might not spend five hours trying to figure out what the character is really about or go so deep into it. I might just learn the lines and go in and try my best because I know it's not safe for me to love the character or to fall in love with the idea of the role.”
“Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.”
“I just know that there are a lot of people out there who are younger than I am, and I wish to be a role model for them. If they have a dream, I want to help them keep that motivation high, so that they can realize their dream. I want to show people that they CAN have fun in life.”

Source : "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. November 23, 2005.
“Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I'm making.”
“That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience to it, are not God's people, whatever name they may bear, or profession they may make of religion. This is their ancient, first, and standing testimony: with this they began, and this they bore, and do bear to the world.”
“The computer is the new fireplace, everyone in the family gathers around the digital hearth for warmth.”

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